Health Development and Policy

To be eligible to be considered for enrolment in the BSocSc(Hons) in Health Development and Policy papers, a student should normally have at least a B average in either the best three of their 300 level papers or all their undergraduate major.
To complete a BSocSc(Hons) in Health Development and Policy, students must gain 120 points at 500 level, including at least 30 points in research (normally HDVP591), HDVP504, HDVP505, SOCP508, and either SSRP503 or SSRP504.
Entry to the MSocSc in Health Development and Policy is open to suitably qualified students who have completed the core papers for the BSocSc(Hons) in Health Development and Policy. Details of the requirements for admission to masters level study are set out in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Graduate Handbook. To complete an MSocSc in Health Development and Policy, students must take a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis and 30 points from approved 500 level papers, or a 60 point dissertation and 60 points from approved 500 level papers.

The Doctor of Philosophy is a two year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.